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In the case of Uganda, Libya had intervened on Idi Amin's behalf during his first confrontation with neighboring Tanzania in 1972 by airlifting a contingent of 4000 troops. During the invasion of Uganda by Tanzanian troops and Ugandan exiles in 1978, a new Libyan force estimated at 2,000 to 2,500 was
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In 1968, King Idris signed a contract with the British for the installation of an air defense system to be delivered in five years at a cost of US$ 300 million. The British would supply anti-air missile systems, radars, and provide training as well, but these plans were cancelled after the monarchy
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King Idris, fearing a military led coup largely neglected the Royal Libyan Army, refusing to provide it with tanks, artillery and armored personnel carriers that could potentially be used by mutineers against him, relying instead on the Cyrenaica Defense Force and the Tripolitania Defense Force to
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The Libyan Army was defeated by a force substantially inferior in numbers and equipment. Chad's victory was the result of a combination of Western funding, weapons and intelligence and Chadian courage, tactics and leadership. France provided air cover and troops to protect the Chadian rear areas,
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A sharp series of border clashes occurred with Egypt in 1977, and Libyan forces were flown into Uganda in 1978 in an unsuccessful effort to defend Idi Amin's Uganda against invading Tanzanian forces. In addition, the Libyans conducted a series of campaigns in Northern Chad since 1980, launching a
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After nearly two decades, Col. Muammar Gaddafi's attempts to annex Northern Chad ended in 1987. In just the first three months of 1987, Libya lost almost all the territory it had held in Chad, between $ 500 million and $ 1 billion in weapons and one-third of its 15,000 troops. Over 4,494 Libyan
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Unprepared and undermotivated Libyan troops were quickly routed in attacks by foot soldiers. As many as 600 Libyans were estimated to have been killed during the Ugandan operation, and the remainder were hurriedly withdrawn. The troops had been led to believe that they were being airlifted into
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When the Egyptians withdrew on 24 July, most foreign analysts agreed that the Egyptian units had prevailed, although Libyan forces responded more effectively than had been expected. Libyan army hailed the encounter as a victory, using the fight as a justification for further purchases of modern
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When Libya gained its independence in 1951, veterans of the original Sanusi army formed the nucleus of the Royal Libyan Army. Until the discovery of oil in the late 1950s, Libya had an insignificant military, given its small population and lack of resources. King Idris deliberately divided his
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In September 2011, the pre-civil war Libyan Army had been effectively destroyed by a combination of NATO air strikes and combat with rebel forces, with the Libyan Army forces still loyal to Gaddafi abandoning their posts in Tripoli as the rebels took the city, and the remnants of
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Most of Libya's air defence systems were destroyed during the civil war, how much, if any, remained intact afterwards is unknown. Many of the anti-aircraft guns captured by rebel forces were turned on Libyan Army ground forces after being bolted onto pick up trucks.
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Army). Established in August 1940 to fight against the Italians, it was a unit of Arab exiles mostly of Cyrenaican origin, although the unit also had a small number of Tripolitanian volunteers and Sudanese men living in Egypt recruited by the future king of Libya,
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After the discovery of oil, the Royal Libyan Army was slowly expanded with British assistance and by 1969, it was estimated to have a strength of 6,500 men, about half the size of the armed police (largely recruited from tribes considered loyal by the king).
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forces. Parts of the army joined the rebels and weapon depots were plundered by protesters. After initial advances by the rebels, the Libyan Army began a counteroffensive and started pushing back the rebel fighters. On 17 March 2011, the
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The Chad forces displayed some remarkable tactical innovations: they used Toyota all-terrain vehicles, lightly armored French-made Panhard cars, and Milan antitank and Stinger antiaircraft missiles to destroy Libyan tanks and planes.
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agreed to sell vast amounts of weaponry to Libya, far exceeding the needs of the country armed forces. Libyan training and logistics suffered with the sheer amount of equipment purchased and the wide diversity of equipment types.
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protect his reign. He also relied on several lightly armed territorial forces and the mobile National Security Force, which was equipped with armored cars and helicopters. However, they didn't offer any resistance against the
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Within a year after the coup, the Libyan Army size increased to 22,000 men, following a recruitment campaign as well the integration of 14,000 men from the disbanded National Security Force and Cyrenaica Defense Force.
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With the withdrawal of Axis forces from Libya in 1943, the Force changed its name to "The Cyrenaica Defence Force" and was disbanded shortly after, with most of its members joining the newly formed gerdarmerie in the
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The battalions of the Libyan Army Force were largely used as auxiliaries, constructing defensive works, patrolling, and guarding military installations and prisoners, though they saw combat during the
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while the USA provided $ 240 million in equipment and weapons. The U.S. also contributed $ 75 million in emergency military aid, including transport aircraft and air defence systems.
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Though the Libyan army had a large amount of fighting equipment at its disposal, the vast majority was bought in the 1970s and 1980s and was largely obsolete at the time of the
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of 1987 largely due to poor tactics and western aid to Chad. All of these incursions were eventually repulsed and Libya no longer occupies Chad. This conflict was known as the
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security forces into a regular army and a variety of gendarmerie forces. These gendarmes primary mission was to prevent any dissidence from the Armed Forces.
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campaign against Chad that year and again in 1983. In April 1987, Libya suffered a disastrous defeat in Chad, losing nearly a quarter of its invasion force.
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Doctrine was a mixture of Egyptian doctrine which was adopted after the 1969 coup and socialist principles derived from the concepts of a People's Army.
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Palmaria heavy howitzers of the Libyan Army, destroyed by French airplanes close to the west-southern border of Benghazi, Libya, 19 March 2011
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The IISS estimated that the ground forces were organised into 11 border defence and 4 security zones, one regime security brigade (the 32nd
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Kenneth M. Pollack, Arabs at War: Military Effectiveness 1948–91, University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln and London, 2002,
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NATO reporting name: SA-24 Grinch. Purchased in 2004 and delivered between 2006 and 2008 for vehicle mounted launchers.
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From the late seventies to the mid to late eighties the army was involved in four major incursions across the
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sent, assisting in the defence of Entebbe and Kampala by covering road junctions with armored equipment.
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Prior to the 2011 civil war the IISS estimated the Libyan army had 1,940 Fagot and Konkurs missiles.
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Prior to the 2011 civil war the IISS estimated the Libyan army had 1,940 Fagot and Konkurs missiles.
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numbered 25,000 with an additional, estimated, 25,000 conscripts (total estimated 50,000).
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In 2011, the IISS estimated that Libya had more than 2,421 artillery pieces including 444
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In 2011 protests against the rule of Gaddafi started in Libya. They were inspired by
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missiles from North Korea. The Libyan government was also interested in buying
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NATO reporting name: SA-2 Guideline. Operated by the Air Defense Command.
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Curtis, Glenn E.; Library of Congress, Federal Research Division (1992).
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France's Wars in Chad: Military Intervention and Decolonization in Africa
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NATO reporting name: SA-6 Gainful. Operated by the Air Defense Command.
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Defiant Failed State: The North Korean Threat to International Security
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NATO reporting name: SA-5 Gammon. Operated by the Air Defense Command.
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In 2011 the IISS estimated that the Libyan army operated more than 424
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soldiers were killed by Chad's forces between January and March 1987.
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NATO reporting name: SA-8 Gecko. Operated by the Air Defense Command.
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was overthrown in 1969, and Gaddafi sought Soviet assistance instead.
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The North African Military Balance: Force Developments in the Maghreb
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voluntarily renounced his weapons of mass destruction program in 2003
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NATO reporting name: SA-3 Goa. Operated by the Air Defense Command.
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In the 1990s, Libya purchased an estimated number between 5 and 100
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became the main supplier of weapons to Libya until 1974, when the
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On 19 July 1977, after a protest march by Libyans was stopped by
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The origin of the Royal Libyan Army can be traced back to the
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1,040 T-54/55 in storage prior to the 2011 Libyan civil war.
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Military units and factions of the Libyan civil war (2011)
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NATO reporting name: SA-13 Gopher. Operated by the Army.
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NATO reporting name: SA-9 Gaskin. Operated by the Army.
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People on a tank in a Benghazi rally, 23 February 2011
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Most were stored prior to the 2011 Libyan civil war.
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Military units and formations disestablished in 2011
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22 August – 20 October (End of the Libyan civil war)
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Index

National Liberation Army (Libya)
Libyan Army
Libyan National Army
Kingdom of Libya
Libyan Arab Republic
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Kingdom of Libya
Libyan Arab Republic
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Army
Tripoli
Egyptian–Libyan War
Uganda–Tanzania War
Chadian–Libyan War
Libyan civil war (2011)

Arabic
Armed Forces
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Libyan Arab Republic
Kingdom of Libya
ground warfare
Libyan Arab Force
Sanusi
Sayed Idris
siege of Tobruk
British administered Libya
1969 Libyan revolution
Muammar Gaddafi

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